Time right to increase work skills
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TOWNSVILLE jobseekers are being encouraged to gain new qualifications to improve their chances of securing work on major upcoming infrastructure projects in the region.
TP Human Capital managing director Clayton Cook said construction of the stadium, pipeline and road projects would create a high demand across a number of employment areas in the coming months and years.
“Not a lot of the large infrastructure projects have kicked off yet, which is why we’re so confident that there will be those job opportunities,” he said. “There have been some civil construction and smallerscale projects, such as roadworks, that have definitely put pressure on construction la- bourers and skilled operators.
“But when larger projects really kick off like the stadium and Haughton River bridge, the demand for workers will in- BIG PROJECT: Workers on the construction site for the new stadium. crease.” Mr Cook said he expected increased demand in traffic management, concreters, machinery operators, landscapers, project administration, safety officers and engineers in Townsville in the future.
He said jobseekers looking to find work could undertake new qualifications or upskill existing ones at minimal monetary or time cost.
“Not all training courses need to be years of duration, expensive or require apprenticeships to get into employment,” he said.
Mr Cook said gaining extra tickets or certificates could be enough to gain employment